We're delighted to announce that the Share A Dream Foundation is the Dingle Marathon's main partner charity for 2010. Founded by Shay Kinsella in 1989, the Share A Dream Foundation move heaven and earth to make dreams come true for terminally ill kids, making the seemingly impossible become possible

Every year the team at the Share A Dream Foundation work tirelessly to help hundreds of families throughout Ireland to escape from their everyday lives and just have fun. Thousands of sick and disabled children have contacted the Foundation over its 21 years of being in operation, asking to make their dreams come through.

The Share A Dream Foundation have created so many magical moments from special holidays and being a VIP for the day, to cheerleading tryouts or just simply an outing to enjoy a little quality time away from hospitals and painful treatments.

The Share A Dream Foundation want to reach out to the Dingle Marathon participants and ask for your support in continuing to make these dreams come through. Help create some magic for special children in Ireland by running the Dingle Marathon to raise money for the Share A Dream Foundation.

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give”

To show your support please contact Chris on 061 633 777 or email him at dreams@shareadream.ie

www.shareadream.ie

One of the main objectives of the Dingle Marathons is to support our partner and asscoiated charities in raising as much money as possible. We have up to 200 free places designated each year, especially for this purpose.

Note that, none of the entrance fee goes directly to charity but donation and support is done by way of the free places and also a lot of marketing and PR support is also provided by the Dingle Marathon.

We encourage you to run for charity. Please contact any of the organisations listed for further details. 

Ken Dunne

Race Director

Barnardos Barnardos supports children whose well-being is under threat, by working with them, their families and communities and by campaigning for the rights of children. Barnardos was established in Ireland in 1962 and is Ireland's leading independent children's charity. Our vision Barnardos' vision is an Ireland where childhood is valued and all children and young people are cherished equally. Our mission Barnardos' mission is to challenge and support families, communities, society and government to make Ireland the best place in the world to be a child, focusing specifically on children and young people whose well-being is under threat. Our core values At the heart of our work in Barnardos is a set of core values which inform every aspect of our services, policies and practices. We're for children We work to improve children's lives and our approach is driven by children's needs. We recognise that parents are the most important people in a child's world. We also understand the importance of family and community in the lives of children and young people. We listen to what children and young people have to say and we help them to raise their voices and have their views heard Barnardos National Office Christchurch Square, Dublin 8. T: (01) 453 0355 Callsave: 1850 222 300 F: (01) 453 0300 E: info@barnardos.ie Fundraising Office Christchurch Square, Dublin 8. T: (01) 453 0355 F: (01) 453 0300 E: fundraising@barnardos.ie The Mercy University Hospital Foundation 'Working with the community to provide life saving, life changing support' The Mercy University Hospital Foundation (CHY 17500) was established on St. Patrick's Day 2007 and is the fundraising body for the Mercy Hospital in Cork. The Foundation works closely with the medical staff of the hospital to identify the most urgent needs within the hospital. Through our fundraising events and campaigns we raise funds to make it possible for the hospital to treat and care for patients with the most advanced equipment. The Run for Life Campaign The Foundation has made a commitment to purchase a number of vital and life saving pieces of equipment for the hospital during 2009 at a cost of €500,000. This equipment will support staff in providing world class care to patients being diagnosed with cancers, to patients undergoing life changing surgery, to critically ill patients in our Intensive Care Unit and to our youngest patients being treated in the Children's Ward and The Leukaemia Unit. Through the Run for Life Campaign we want to raise €100,000 over the next twelve months to enable us to purchase two life support machines / ventilators for our Intensive Care Unit. This five bedded unit provides care for critically ill patients requiring multi organ support and constant monitoring following major surgery. For further information on our work and the support we are giving to The Mercy Hospital visit our website www.mercyhospitalfoundation.ie or call us on (021) 4935479. Croí Croí is a registered Irish Heart Charity, funded entirely by voluntary contributions. Since its inception in 1985, the foundation has contributed significantly to the fight against heart disease in the West of Ireland. Our mission is to reduce the impact of cardiovascular disease on families living in the West of Ireland. Our Aim is to play a leading role in ensuring that the people of the West of Ireland receive the highest attainable level of cardiovascular healthcare, based on the best international standards. Our current strategy is community focused, where we contribute to the fight against cardiovascular disease through innovative community approaches to education, health promotion, research and the development of cardiac services and facilities. Croí currently supports: Community Health Promotion and Education Initiatives Community Cardiac Rehabilitation - The Croí Cardiac Club Support Network Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - The Heart Smart Programme Specialist Services - Community Heart Failure Programme CPR Training and Public/Community Access Defibrillation - Croí Lifeline Project Research Professional Education Patient Resource Materials Training Bursaries Cardiac Ambulance Development Hospital Cardiology Development The Cardiac Surgical Centre for the West of Ireland at University Hospital Galway The fight against heart disease continues and Croí is committed to supporting the ongoing developments required to ensure the best possible cardiovascular healthcare for the people in the West of Ireland. We have ambitious aspirations for the future, but it is only through the continued support of the general public that we will succeed in our mission. For further information on Croí and the work that we do, please check out our website on http://www.croi.ie/ or contact us on 091-544310 Hope Guatemala Hope Guatemala is a Dingle(Co.Kerry) based charity, founded in 2005. Our aim is to improve the situation of the impoverished indigenous people ( Mayan ). More than 8o % of the Mayan are living in poverty or extreme poverty ! Education of children and women and the improving of the health situation are some of our main goals. There is no water source in the community we are supporting . At the moment we help to build water storage tanks for families, to collect water in the rain season.4o tanks are built - 60 more have to be built. We all work as volunteers and have no administration costs. For more information, please visit our website http://www.hopeguatemala.com/ Contact Hope Guatemala, Ireland ltd Charity Number CHY 17894 P.O.Box 16, Ventry, Co. Kerry, Ireland Phone 00353 66 9159712 email: nuevodiaeddy@hotmail.com Enable Ireland Kerry Enable Ireland supports 3,500 children and adults with disabilities and their families and provide services in local communities throughout Ireland. Covering childhood to adulthood, our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage. Services Enable Ireland Kerry opened the Christy Brown Centre in 1993 to provide services for children with developmental delay and / or physical disability living in Co Kerry. Aware of the changing and emerging needs to further develop services for people with disabilities this was followed in 1998 with the establishment of the Adult Training Centre offering a local service that is integrated with mainstream educational, employment and social opportunities. Enable Ireland Child & Adolescent Services An interdisciplinary team led by the Children's Services combines the skill and approach of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech & language therapy, psychology, social work, early years educators and family support services to work with children and their families in assessing implementing and evaluating individualised programmes designed to maximise the unique potential of each of our services users . Enable Ireland Adult Services Enable Ireland Adult services now well established in their new and fully adapted centre in the heart of Tralee currently offers a series of educational and personal development programmes leading to formal accreditation focussing on life skills, community integration, computer literacy, art and communication Enable Ireland Kerry Fundraising Department As part of the National Enable Ireland Retail & Fundraising department, the Kerry Fundraising Manager works closely with local volunteers, staff, and service users, to raise dedicated funds for the ongoing development of Kerry Services. The priority now is the further development of our children's services to meet the changing needs of children in Co. Kerry. Children's Services 5 Haig's Terrace, Tralee, Co. Kerry Tel/Fax: (066) 712 8220 Adult Services Edward Street, Tralee, Co. Kerry Tel: 066 1781746 Fax: 066 718 1745